Le gelosie villane

Lungi dal caro bene,
Vivere non poss'io;
Sono in un mar di pene;
Lungi dal caro bene,
Sento, sento mancarmi'l cor.
Un dolce estremo sonno,
Se lei mirar non ponno,
Mi chiuda, mi chiuda i lumi ancor.

Text Authorship:

• by Tommaso Grandi (flourished 1776-1815) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Set by Giuseppe Sarti (1729 - 1802), 1776, first performed 1776
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]